[Bujee1]

I just went through this with my Highball. I brought it in to add a PCV and have it dyno'ed. I noticed one of my sprocket bolts was missing and another was loose. At the time I noticed a small crack in the swing arm above the axle bolt but did not know what I was looking at until after the eventual repair. The mechanic tightened the bolts and replaced the missing bolt and continued wth the tune without incident. When I arrived home, 60 miles later two bolts where missing from my sprocket and my swing arm looked exactly like yours.

Now, There are two possible theories of what could have caused this in my case:
1. A shade tree mechanic ( who took care of the bike before I bought it) did not properly torque the bolts on the sprocket after a tire change. They stripped out, causing enough wobble in the sprocket to break the swing arm.

2. I rolled over some debris in the road that broke my swing arm and the resultant wobble stripped out the bolts on the sprocket.

The cost of the repair was almost $4,000. The insurance company was able to support theory number 2. And my out of pocket cost was my deductible for comprehensive damage done to my bike. I am not saying what happened with your bike is the same as mine but I submit this may be a possibility to be explored.
I'm glad you are ok and I am sorry you are going through this. I spent three long weeks waiting to get my bike back. Either way, expect to wait for the parts to come in to fix your bike. Your dealer probably doesn't have them in stock.

 

[Bujee1]

Look at Bujee1 pic
The spacer prob caused the crack when the axle was over tightened.

I bet with more time we will see many more of these issues.

My bike has a little over 5,000 miles on it. My XC has 30,000 miles on it. My mechanic only works on Triumph and Victory. Triumph because it is profitable and Victory because he and his wife ride one. He has a Crossroads, She has a v92 with over 100000 miles on it. He had not seen a broken swing arm before.
I think it was a fluke caused by a shade tree mechanic.

 

[Bujee1]

Just because he says he has never seen this happen before doesn't mean it didn't happen. I have heard this said about a number of thing at various dealers over the years when it comes to Victory, they are programmed to reply this may.
Regards

He is not a dealer. He is an enthusiast who's primary business is tuning triumphs. He is a former racer and currently a mechanic. He also tests all the Bassani prototypes before they go into production. If there is a loss in HP or torque, he won't pass it. He is no one's company man or fanboy. He makes enough money working for Hollywood Celebrities and Bassani to do what ever he wants. Like I said, he takes care of Victorys because he likes to, not because he has to.
He ain't cheap, but I trust him.

 

[Bujee1]

Here is a picture of the swing arm assembly : 2015 Victory CROSS COUNTRY TOURING ALL OPTIONS V15CW DB DW TW36 Wheels Rear Cast - V15db Dw Tw36 All Options PartsPitstop.com If one of the spacers #15 or 16 dropped out out when re-installing the wheel and you tightened the axle it would break where yours did. I relpace my own tires / wheels and have plenty of time to slip the mufflers off, take my time, torque everything, check the belt, etc. I've seen experienced mechanics at dealerships take shortcuts, time is money, slip a wrench in there to crank it down and off to the next job. 99.9% of the time no problem. once in a great while, **** happens. It looks like a fresh break. Goodluck

I agree with you. In my case the guy I bought my Highball from either worked on it himself or took it to a poor mechanic. No self respecting mechanic would let a bike leave his garage with the fuel management system my bike had when I bought it. I posted about it in another thread. The bike sounded like fireworks when decelerating. The dogs in my neighborhood would howl when ever I came home on my bike. It was embarassing.

 

[Bujee1]

Hello.
I'm new to this forum and not running on Victory... but this issue is close to where we're looking an answer.
Located in Europe... sorry my Englinh.

As many has been wondering what happened with "nomadsmg"'s swingarm, whether mechanic broke it or he by himself?
Here's my friend story.
2018 Indian Chieftain, 5200 km total. Original rear tyre, it has been at Indian service once for the first oil service.
Nothing has been done for the bike.
Everything are like factory made it. Espacially rear tyre, axle nut, washers, everything.
Yesterday we were riding... all of a sudden, a lot of noise, like some iron was jumping/rotating somewhere inside Indians wheels.. somewhere.
We stopped, nothing visible - nobody didn't think of rear tyre/belt might be loose.
So, as we didn't see anything, no oil, nothing was hunging... we decided to go on - as we were in the middle of "nowhere".
But - Indian made a funny noise, and didn't move. Afterwards we realized, belt was loose.
So at this moment You'll guess the rest.
The sound came from the piece, which was broken like "nomadsmg"'s swingarm, and was obviously hitting around the wheel at that moment.
Pretty much, similar looking cut.
And - at this time, for sure, axle nut was at factory specs, as they were the ones who tightened it.
I want to believe, all washers, everything was as it should have been, as it was assembled by Indian factory.

On Monday, we'll hear what our local dealer will tell/suspect of it, but at this moment we'll be a bit curious of how did this case or "Bujee1"'s case ended?
Or does anybody know any other cases among Victory's or Indians?
Obviously, those will share the same construction, as my friends swingarm looks exactly the same.
And... there seems to be a lot of Indian swingarms for sale.

I had this happen on my Highball a while back. It had less than 20,000 miles on it at the time.